Our Art Deco Centenary series will delve into the style throughout March but to help start us off, this five-minute guide covers all the basics.

"Mix a standout vintage piece — an antique mirror or an Art Deco-style sideboard — with contemporary furniture to create dialogue between eras. And above all, focus on craftsmanship.

A decorative style of bold geometric shapes and bright colours, it encompassed furniture ... to Art Deco in the 1960s) was coined after the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriel ...